What is it?
The Student Services Levy (SSL) is a compulsory fee charged in addition to your tuition fees and is solely used for the benefit of students. It supports many of the services on campus for students, from wellbeing services like the Health Centre and counselling, to events and clubs run by the ҕlSA.
What does it pay for?
Your SSL charge helps us deliver all kinds of support services you can access as a ҕl student. These services include:
Advocacy and legal advice: Advice and support, like budget planning and grants, and advocacy services like special consideration, provided by the ҕlSA.
Careers, internships and employment services: Careers advice and guidance, workshops, helping you with internships and Student Job Search.
Health and counselling services: Subsidised health care and counselling from the Health Centre and ҕlSA Welfare.
Media: Such as CANTA, to inspire debate and keep you up to date with student life at ҕl.
Clubs and societies: ҕlSA supported clubs and events like Clubs Day.
Sports, recreation and cultural activities: Events like Ori/RE: Ori Weeks, as well as ҕl Rec & Sport
Pacifica student development and support
Māori student development and support
Development of student spaces
Who decides?
ҕl students are surveyed annually to assess priorities and establish which services should be continued, amended or improved. The results of this survey inform the Student Levy Advisory Board (SLAB), who then make recommendations to the Vice-Chancellor on where money from the levy should be spent, as well as the amount students should be charged the following year.
The SLAB is made up of equal ҕl staff and ҕlSA representatives. It provides the opportunity for the ҕlSA to represent the student body and ensure the money is spent in ways that support your university experience and journey.
How much do I pay?
Depending on how you study at ҕl, the levy amount you pay differs.
Students who are enrolled to study on campus courses with the site codes C, M and A are charged $9.72 per academic point. For one whole year of study (120 points), you will be charged $1166.40. Full information on course codes can be found here.
Students who study off campus courses with the site codes D, O, E, N, R, T, F or, Y and have limited access to campus-based student services are charged a reduced rate, calculated at $1.94 (20% of full charge) per academic point. For one whole year of study (120 points), you will be charged $232.80.
The amount of points you are studying depends on your qualification and the courses you are enrolled in. The maximum amount a student can pay in one academic year is $1,458.
